Language Arts**-Lab Write-Ups (lab summaries/lab conclusions), Journaling, Research, Vocabulary
Math**- Ratios, Percentage, Graphing
History**
Course: 7th Grade Science1st Nine Weeks Instructional Guide
Unit #2: Levels of Organization and Organ Systems (LIFE SCIENCE)
Estimated Time: 1.5 weeks
GLE: 0707.1.2 Summarize how the different levels of organization are integrated within living systems. 0707.1.3 Describe the function of different organ systems and how collectively they enable complex multi-cellular organisms
to survive.
Prerequisite Skills:
Unit Vocabulary: cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism
Checks for Understanding
State Performance Indicators
Assessments
Instructional Resources
Connections
✓ 0707.1.5 Construct a poster that illustrates the hierarchy among cells, tissues, organs,
organ systems, and organisms.
✓ 0707.1.6 Describe the function of different organ systems.
✓ 0707.1.7 Explain how different organ systems interact to enable complex multi-cellular organisms to survive.
✓ 0707.1.8 Apply the idea of the division of labor to explain why living things are organized into cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems.
SPI 0707.1.2 Interpret a chart to explain the
integrated relationships that exist among cells,
tissues, organs, and organ systems.
SPI 0707.1.3 Explain the basic functions of a
major organ system.
Course: 7th Grade Science1st Nine Weeks Instructional Guide
Unit #4: Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration/Movement of Carbon Dioxide and Oxygen between living things and the environment (LIFE SCIENCE)
Estimated Time: 2.5 weeks
GLE: GLE 0707.3.1 Distinguish between the basic features of photosynthesis and respiration. GLE 0707.3.2 Investigate the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between living things and the environment.
Atoms (GLE 9.1- 9.2) - Parts of an atom - Phases of matter Periodic Table (GLE 9.6) Elements, Compounds and Mixtures (GLE 9.4-9.5) Physical and Chemical Reactions (GLE 9.3) Law of Conservation of Mass Chemical Equations (GLE 9.7-9.8)
Acids and Bases (GLE 9.9) TCAP Review (all GLE’s) STEM Careers Engineering Activities Inquiry Activities Motion is a good topic for the end of year activities to introduce 9th grade science
8th Grade Standards 1st nine weeks 2012/2013**
*Pacing will be different based on the loss of class time due to block scheduling
Course: 8th Grade Science 1st Nine Weeks Instructional Guide
Unit: Inquiry and Engineering Processes
Estimated Time: 4 weeks
GLE: 0807.Inq.1 Design and conduct open-ended scientific investigations. 0807.Inq.2 Use appropriate tools and techniques to gather, organize, analyze, and interpret data. 0807.Inq.3 Synthesize information to determine cause and effect relationships between evidence and explanations. 0807.Inq.4 Recognize possible sources of bias and error, alternative explanations, and questions for further exploration. 0807.Inq.5 Communicate scientific understanding using descriptions, explanations, and models. 0807.T/E.1 Explore how technology responds to social, political, and economic needs. 0807.T/E.2 Know that the engineering design process involves an ongoing series of events that incorporate design constraints, model building, testing, evaluating, modifying, and retesting. 0807.T/E.3 Compare the intended benefits with the unintended consequences of a new technology. 0807.T/E.4 Describe and explain adaptive and assistive bioengineered products.
Prerequisite Skills: measuring accurately with a ruler; metric conversions
Essential Questions: What tools, skills, knowledge, and dispositions are needed to conduct scientific inquiry? How do science concepts, engineering skills, and applications of technology improve the quality of life?
ü0807.Inq.1 Design and conduct an open-ended scientific investigation to answer a question that includes a control and appropriate variables.
ü0807.Inq.2 Identify tools and techniques needed to gather, organize, analyze, and interpret data collected from a moderately complex scientific investigation. ü0807.Inq.5 Design a method to explain the results of an investigation using descriptions, explanations, or models.
SPI 0807.Inq.1 Design a simple experimental procedure with an identified control and appropriate variables.
SPI 0807.Inq.2 Select tools and procedures needed to conduct a moderately complex experiment.
SPI 0807.Inq.3 Interpret and translate data into a table, graph, or diagram.
Provide students with data from an experiment and have them create appropriate graphs and/or tables.
Science Fair Projects
Provide students with a description of an experiment procedure. Have students identify control, dependent and independent variables
Glencoe Gr. 8 textbook and resources: Ch. 1, section 1; Ch. 4
ü0807.Inq.3 Use evidence from a dataset to determine cause and effect relationships that explain a phenomenon.
ü0807.Inq.4 Review an experimental design to determine possible sources of bias or error, state alternative explanations, and identify questions for further investigation.
SPI 0807.Inq.4 Draw a conclusion that establishes a cause and effect relationship supported by evidence.
SPI 0807.Inq.5 Identify a faulty interpretation of data that is due to bias or experimental error.
Give students a description of a lab with faulty conclusions. Ask students to explain the errors.
Look at data and conclusions to determine bias.
Provide students a description of a lab and results. Ask students to draw conclusions.
Glencoe 8th Gr. Textbook and resources: Ch.1, Sect. 1
*Stranded!: Building Math by Peter Wong (available from Amazon.com)
ü0807.T/E.3 Explore how the unintended consequences of new technologies can impact society.
SPI 0807.T/E.3 Distinguish between the intended benefits and the unintended consequences of a new technology.
Glencoe 8th gr. Textbook and resources: Ch. 12
Real World Connections:
TOSHIBA Exploravision Invention Contest (www.exploravision.org)
ü0807.T/E.4 Research bioengineering technologies that advance health and contribute to improvements in our daily lives. ü0807.T/E.5 Develop an adaptive design and test its effectiveness.
0807.T/E.4 Differentiate between adaptive and assistive engineered products (e.g., food, biofuels, medicines, integrated pest management).
Give students a list of engineered products and have them sort as assistive or adaptive.
Course: 8th Grade Science 1st Nine Weeks Instructional Guide
Unit: Forces in Nature
Estimated Time: 3 weeks
GLE:0807.12.1 Investigate the relationship between magnetism and electricity. 0807.12.2 Design an investigation to change the strength of an electromagnet. 0807.12.3 Compare and contrast the earth’s magnetic field to that of a magnet and an electromagnet. 0807.12.4 Identify factors that influence the amount of gravitational force between objects. 0807.12.5 Recognize that gravity is the force that controls the motion of objects in the solar system.
Prerequisite Skills: understand the concepts of “attract” and “repel”
Essential Question: What are the scientific principles that explain gravity and electromagnetism?
Unit Vocabulary: domain, electromagnet, magnetic field, Universal Law of Gravitation
Checks for Understanding
State Performance Indicators
Assessments
Instructional Resources
Connections
ü0807.12.1 Create a diagram to explain the relationship between electricity and magnetism.
SPI 0807.12.1 Recognize that electricity can be produced using a magnet and wire coil.
.
Glencoe Textbook and resources: Chapter 14, section 2
ü0807.12.2 Produce an electromagnet using a bar magnet and a wire coil. ü0807.12.3 Experiment with an electromagnet to determine how to vary its strength.
SPI 0807.12.2 Describe the basic principles of an electromagnet.
Glencoe Textbook and resources: Chapter 14, section 2
ü0807.12.5 Explain the difference between mass and weight.
SPI 0807.12.4 Distinguish between mass and weight using appropriate measuring instruments and units.
Glencoe Textbook and resources: Chapter 13, p. 381 - 382; Chapter 4, p. 111
ü0807.12.6 Identify factors that influence the amount of gravitational force between objects. ü0807.12.7 Explain how the motion of objects in the solar system is affected by gravity.
SPI 0807.12.5 Determine the relationship among the mass of objects, the distance between these objects, and the amount of gravitational attraction. SPI 0807.12.6 Illustrate how gravity controls the motion of objects in the solar system.
This is just a small introduction to what we will be covering this year at H. G. Hill Middle School in 7th and 8th Grade Science.
We are paving the way into a new type of testing called common core which will replace the TCAP test. Check it out at common core
Best way to contact me: robert.smith@mnps.org
I am looking forward to teaching your child this year.
Robert A. Smith
7th Grade 2012/2013
MNPS Pacing Guide: 7th Grade Science
Major Topics
Cellular Organelle
- Plant and Animal Cells
Levels of organization- Cell
- Tissue
- Organ
- Organ system
- Organism
Organ systemsMovement into and out of the cell
- Diffusion
- Osmosis
- Passive/active
Photosynthesis & cellular respirationMovement of carbon dioxide and oxygen between living things and the environment
Cell Cycle
- Interphase
- Mitosis and Meiosis
Flowers- Parts of the flower
- Pollination
Reproduction- Sexual and Asexual
- Genes, chromosomes, and DNA
Punnett SquaresSimple Machines
- Force
- Work
Motion- Speed
- Velocity
- Newton’s Laws of Motion
WavesMinerals
Rocks
- 3 Types
- Cycle
Layers of the EarthPlates
- Movement
- Earthquakes, volcanoes, mountains, seafloor spreading
Resources*Pacing will be different based on the loss of class time due to block scheduling
Assessments
Instructional Resources/Strategies
Connections
✓ 0707.1.2 Identify the function of the major
plant and animal cellular organelles.
✓ 0707.1.3 Make a Venn diagram to compare the structures and functions of an animal cell with a city or school.
✓ 0707.1.4 Build a 3-D model of a cell.
function of the major plant and animal cell organelles.
Card Sorts, Section Reviews, Vocabulary Quizzes
Uncovering Student Ideas in Science Vol. 1, Is It Made of Cells? (p.131-137)
Uncovering Student Ideas in Science Vol. 1, Functions of Living Things, (p.147-153)
Uncovering Student Ideas in Science Vol. 3, Cell and Size (p. 117-123)
Summative:
Ch. 2 TCAP Review p. 66-67
Ch. 2 TCAP Preparation p. 68-69
Performance Assessment:
Create a 3-D model of a cell
Cells Alive-Reading Guide
Use chalk to draw and label the parts of the cell on students desks
0707.1.3 Describe the function of different organ systems and how collectively they enable complex multi-cellular organisms
to survive.
Assessments
Instructional Resources
Connections
organ systems, and organisms.
✓ 0707.1.6 Describe the function of different organ systems.
✓ 0707.1.7 Explain how different organ systems interact to enable complex multi-cellular organisms to survive.
✓ 0707.1.8 Apply the idea of the division of labor to explain why living things are organized into cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems.
integrated relationships that exist among cells,
tissues, organs, and organ systems.
SPI 0707.1.3 Explain the basic functions of a
major organ system.
Card Sorts, Section Reviews, Vocabulary Quizzes
Uncovering Student Ideas in Science Vol. 1, Human Body Basic (p. 139-144)
Uncovering Student Ideas in Science Vol. 4, Is It a System (p. 81-87)
Uncovering Student Ideas in Science Vol. 4, Digestive System (p. 131-136)
Summative:
Ch. 2 TCAP Review p. 66-67
Ch. 2 TCAP Preparation p. 68-69
- Tennessee Science Book (Glencoe Science), Chapter 2 Cells
- Chapter Resources Book, Cells
- Active Folders
- p. 42A-42B teacher textbook
- Teacher Works CD
- Interactive Chalkboard CD
- Cells 101 -- http://www.rogers.k12.ar.us/users/ehutches/cellanatomy.html
- Smithsonian -- http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/
- Bill Nye Videos: Blood and Circulation, Bones and Muscles, Brain, Digestion, Eye Ball, Heart
- Just Passing Through http://www.teachengineering.org/view_lesson.php?url=http://www.teachengineering.org/collection/cub_/lessons/cub_human/cub_human_lesson08.xml
* Living with your Liverhttp://www.teachengineering.org/view_activity.php?url=http://www.teachengineering.org/collection/cub_/activities/cub_liver/cub_liver_activity1.xml
Assessments
Connections
through simple diffusion.
Card Sorts, Section Reviews, Vocabulary Quizzes
Uncovering Student Ideas in Science Vol. 3, Rolling Marbles (p. 71-76)
Summative:
*Ch. 3 TCAP Review p. 96-97
*Ch. 3 TCAP Preparation p.98-99
Performance Assessment:
Cell Membrane Lab-Sandwich Bag
- Tennessee Science Book (Glencoe Science), Chapter 3 Cell Processes
- Chapter Resources Book, Cell Processes
- Active Folders
- p. 70A-70B teacher textbook
- Teacher Works CD
- Interactive Chalkboard CD
- Cells 101 -- http://www.rogers.k12.ar.us/users/ehutches/cellanatomy.html
* Diffusion w/animations -- http://www.biologycorner.com/bio1/diffusion.html#* Smithsonian -- http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/
- Diffusion Lab
http://science-class.net/Lessons/Osmosis/diffusion_baggie.pdfGLE 0707.3.2 Investigate the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between living things and the environment.
Assessments
Instructional Resources
Connections
✓ 0707.3.2 Examine and identify the chloroplasts in a leaf cell.
✓ 0707.3.3 Identify the materials used by
plants to make food.
✓ 0707.3.4 Create a chart that compares the reactants and products of photosynthesis and respiration.
✓ 0707.3.5 Model the pathways of water,
oxygen, and carbon dioxide through a plant.
✓ 0707.3.6 Describe the movement of oxygen
and carbon dioxide between living things and the environment.
✓ 0707.3.7 Describe structures that animals
use to obtain oxygen.
compounds that make up the reactants and
products of photosynthesis and respiration.
SPI 0707.3.2 Interpret a diagram to explain
how oxygen and carbon dioxide are
exchanged between living things and the environment.
Card Sorts, Section Reviews, Vocabulary Quizzes
Uncovering Student Ideas in Science Vol. 3, Respiration (p.131-137)
Uncovering Student Ideas in Science Vol. 2, Is It Food for Plants? (p. 113-119)
Uncovering Student Ideas in Science Vol. 2, Giant Sequoia Tree (p. 121-128)
Summative:
Ch. 3 TCAP Review p. 96-97
Ch. 3 TCAP Preparation p. 98-99
Performance Assessment:
Plant Growth and Development Lab
- Tennessee Science Book (Glencoe Science), Chapter 3 Cell Processes
- Chapter Resources Book, Cell Processes
- Active Folders
- p. 70A-70B teacher textbook
- Teacher Works CD
- Interactive Chalkboard CD
- Cells 101 -- http://www.rogers.k12.ar.us/users/ehutches/cellanatomy.html
- Smithsonian -- http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/
- Bill Nye Video, Respiration
- http://www.realtrees4kids.org
- Photosynthesis - Life's Primary Energy Source http://www.teachengineering.org/view_lesson.php?url=http://www.teachengineering.org/collection/cub_/lessons/cub_lifescience/cub_lifescience_lesson01.xml
- Breathing Cells
http://www.teachengineering.org/view_activity.php?url=http://www.teachengineering.org/collection/cub_/activities/cub_cells/cub_cells_lesson02_activity1.xml- Bubbling Plants http://www.teachengineering.org/view_activity.php?url=http://www.teachengineering.org/collection/duk_/activities/duk_photo_mary_act/duk_photo_mary_act.xml
* Photosynthesis & Transpiration http://www.teachengineering.org/view_activity.php?url=http://www.teachengineering.org/collection/cub_/activities/cub_bio/cub_bio_lesson04_activity1.xml8th Grade 2012/2013
MNPS Pacing Guide: Major Topics
8th Grade Science**
Introduce Inquiry and Engineering Processes
-scientific method and engineering design cycle
- Measurement
- process skills
Forces in Nature
- magnetism (GLE 12.1 – 12.3)
- gravity (GLE 12.4 – 12.5)
Fossils (GLE 5.6)
Classification (GLE 5.1-5.2)
Variations and Adaptations (GLE 5.3-5.4)
Biodiversity (GLE 5.5)
Atoms (GLE 9.1- 9.2)
- Parts of an atom
- Phases of matter
Periodic Table (GLE 9.6)
Elements, Compounds and Mixtures (GLE 9.4-9.5)
Physical and Chemical Reactions (GLE 9.3)
Law of Conservation of Mass
Chemical Equations (GLE 9.7-9.8)
Acids and Bases (GLE 9.9)
TCAP Review (all GLE’s)
STEM Careers
Engineering Activities
Inquiry Activities
Motion is a good topic for the end of year activities to introduce 9th grade science
8th Grade Standards 1st nine weeks 2012/2013**
*Pacing will be different based on the loss of class time due to block scheduling
0807.Inq.2 Use appropriate tools and techniques to gather, organize, analyze, and interpret data.
0807.Inq.3 Synthesize information to determine cause and effect relationships between evidence and
explanations.
0807.Inq.4 Recognize possible sources of bias and error, alternative explanations, and questions for
further exploration.
0807.Inq.5 Communicate scientific understanding using descriptions, explanations, and models.
0807.T/E.1 Explore how technology responds to social, political, and economic needs.
0807.T/E.2 Know that the engineering design process involves an ongoing series of events that
incorporate design constraints, model building, testing, evaluating, modifying, and
retesting.
0807.T/E.3 Compare the intended benefits with the unintended consequences of a new technology.
0807.T/E.4 Describe and explain adaptive and assistive bioengineered products.
How do science concepts, engineering skills, and applications of technology improve the quality of life?
Assessments
Instructional Resources/Strategies
Connections
ü 0807.Inq.2 Identify tools and techniques needed to gather, organize, analyze, and interpret data collected from a moderately complex scientific investigation.
ü 0807.Inq.5 Design a method to explain the results of an investigation using descriptions, explanations, or models.
SPI 0807.Inq.2 Select tools and procedures needed to conduct a moderately complex experiment.
SPI 0807.Inq.3 Interpret and translate data into a table, graph, or diagram.
Science Fair Projects
Provide students with a description of an experiment procedure. Have students identify control, dependent and independent variables
Scientific Method: http://www.biologycorner.com/worksheets/controls.html
Science Fair (go to portaportal.com and click on General Resources, then click on Science Fair)
Poppers Activity: http://mnpsscience.wikispaces.com/file/view/Popper+challenge.doc (purchase poppers from www.OrientalTrading.com – large size)
www.funbrain.com/measure/index.html (ruler practice)
Product Testing Activity http://mnpsscience.wikispaces.com/file/view/Product+testing.doc
Math Connections:
ü0807.Inq.4 Review an experimental design to determine possible sources of bias or error, state alternative explanations, and identify questions for further investigation.
SPI 0807.Inq.5 Identify a faulty interpretation of data that is due to bias or experimental error.
Look at data and conclusions to determine bias.
Provide students a description of a lab and results. Ask students to draw conclusions.
.Conclusions and Bias Activity: http://mnpsscience.wikispaces.com/file/view/John+studies+turtles.doc
www.odysseyofthemind.com
-- design a cell phone
http://pbskids.org/zoom/activities/sci/papercupwalk.html
http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/onlinestuff/games/martinsmaze.aspx
*Engineering Competition
(www.futurecity.org)
*http://content.asce.org/asceville/index.html
*Stranded!: Building Math by Peter Wong (available from Amazon.com)
TOSHIBA Exploravision Invention Contest (www.exploravision.org)
ü0807.T/E.5 Develop an adaptive design and test its effectiveness.
http://state.tn.us/education/ci/sci/doc/Users_guide.pdf (p. 14, 1st paragraph gives definitions of assistive and adaptive engineered products)
0807.12.2 Design an investigation to change the strength of an electromagnet.
0807.12.3 Compare and contrast the earth’s magnetic field to that of a magnet and an electromagnet.
0807.12.4 Identify factors that influence the amount of gravitational force between objects.
0807.12.5 Recognize that gravity is the force that controls the motion of objects in the solar system.
Assessments
Instructional Resources
Connections
Safari Videos
- Introduction to Magnetism by National Geographic
Magnetism by Bill Nyehttp://mnpsscience.wikispaces.com/file/view/magnetism+electromagnetism+station+lab.doc
ü 0807.12.3 Experiment with an electromagnet to determine how to vary its strength.
VSVS Electromagnetism Lab:
http://studentorgs.vanderbilt.edu/vsvs
Safari Videos**
http://www.exploratorium.edu/theworld/iceland/magnetism.html
ü 0807.12.7 Explain how the motion of objects in the solar system is affected by gravity.
SPI 0807.12.6 Illustrate how gravity controls the motion of objects in the solar system.
Safari Videos
*www.wickedpissahgames.com
n Gravity pods
n Gravity pods 2
*www.sciencespot.net/Media/gravlab.pdf
Assessments
Instructional Resources
Connections
Show students a geological column and have them determine the relative ages of the fossils
Chapter 2
Safari Videos